Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the source of potential signals than previously thought. Conditions around ...

Researchers believe they have traced the origin of the famous Wow! signal to a rare natural phenomenon involving hydrogen clouds and intense cosmic radiation, potentially closing one of astronomy’s ...

The signal, deemed the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, was intercepted by the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, which features 64 antennas. A hydroxyl megamaser is a giant ...